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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Victor Emmanuel , receiving-ship. British squadron China Station, 1897
History United Kingdom Name HMS Victor Emmanuel Ordered 4 April 1851 Builder
Pembroke Dockyard
Machinery by Maudslay, Sons & Field
Laid down 16 May 1853 Launched 27 February 1855 Commissioned 9 September 1858 Renamed
Launched as HMS Repulse
Renamed HMS Victor Emmanuel on 7 December 1855
Reclassified receiving ship
from 1873Fate Sold in 1899 General characteristics [1] Class and type Agamemnon -classship of the line Tons burthen 3,074 bm Length 230 ft (70 m) (gundeck) Beam 55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) Depth of hold 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) Propulsion
Sails
2-cyl. horizontal single expansion engines
Single screw
600 nhp
2,424 ihp
Sail plan Full-rigged ship Speed 10.674kts (machinery) Complement 860 Armament
(as planned) 80 guns:
Lower deck: 36 × 8in guns
Upper gundeck: 34 × 32pdrs + 2 × 8in guns
Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 2 × 8in + 8 × 10in
(as completed) 91 guns:
Lower deck: 36 × 8in guns
Upper gundeck: 34 × 32pdrs
Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 20 × 32pdrs + 1 × 68 pdr
HMS Victor Emmanuel was a screw-propelled 91-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , originally launched as HMS Repulse , but renamed shortly after being launched.
Construction and commissioning Victor Emmanuel was an
Victor Emmanuel after he visited the ship.
[3] She cost a total of £158,086, with £87,597 spent on her hull, and a further £35,588 spent on her machinery.
[2] Career The Victor Emmanuel Hospital Ship; doctors checking on their patients She served in the
receiving ship there from 1873. She was sold in 1899.
[2] Victor Emmanuel Hospital Ship; patients relaxing along bird cage walk Notes
^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 187.
^ a b c d Lyon & Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List . pp. Chap. 5, pp. 5–6. ^ a b Loney. "mid-Victorian RN vessels - Victor Emmanuel" . ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph . No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
References . Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004,
Victor Emmanuel's career External links
Shipwrecks
20 Feb: Enchantress 5 Mar: Monarch
8 Apr: Witchcraft 20 Apr: USS Columbus , USS Delaware , USS Germantown , USS Merrimack , USS Pennsylvania , USS Plymouth , USS Raritan 21 Apr: USS Columbia , USS Dolphin , USS New York 1 Jun: Lord Hungerford 4 Jun: Canadian 3 Jul: Victory 28 Jul: Petrel 2 Aug: Stag Hound 3 Aug: HMS Driver 18 Aug: Jefferson Davis 1 Oct: Infernal 5 Oct: CSS Venus 11 Oct: USS South Wind 5 Nov: Prony 7 Nov: CSS Winslow 10 Nov: Keystone State 14 Nov: SMS Amazone 23 Nov: CSS Tuscarora 5 Dec: USS Phoenix 8 Dec: USS Cossack , USS Peter Demill , USS South America 19-20 Dec: USS Amazon , USS Garland , USS Rebecca Sims , USS Tenedos 20 Dec: USS American , USS Archer , USS Herald , USS L. C. Richmond , USS Leonidas 21 Dec: USS Kensington 29 Dec: HMS Conqueror December (unknown date): USS Lewis , USS Maria Theresa , USS Robin Hood Unknown date: Glentanner Other incidents
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